Decided

No. 15-962

Visa Inc., et al. v. Mary Stoumbos, et al.

Docket Entries

on December 19, 2016

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

on November 17, 2016

Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. These cases were granted to resolve �[w]hether allegations that members of a business association agreed to adhere to the association�s rules and possess governance rights in the association, without more, are sufficient to plead the element of conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.� Pet. for Cert. in No. 15-961, p. i, and No. 15-962, p. I. After �[h]aving persuaded us to grant certiorari� on this issue, however, petitioners �chose to rely on a different argument� in their merits briefing. City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U. S. __, (2015) (slip op., at 7). The Court, therefore, orders that the writs in these cases be dismissed as improvidently granted. VIDED.

on November 16, 2016

Reply of petitioners Visa Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

on November 14, 2016

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

on November 4, 2016

Record received from the U.S.D.C. District of Columbia is electronic and located on PACER.